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Heck's Journey by John Deacon
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn epic tale of strength, compassion, and adventure on the western frontier.Orphaned at fourteen, Hector “Heck” Martin heads west, determined to see the far country and make a man of himself.Along the way, he falls in love with bold and beautiful Hope Mullen. But Heck is too young and poor to marry, so he heads west again...Categorized as:
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The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle, John Dickson Carr
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of America's greatest mystery writers, John Dickson Carr, comes twelve riveting tales based on incidents or elements of the unsolved cases of Sherlock Holmes. The plots are all new, with painstaking attention to the mood, tone, and detail of the original stories...Categorized as:
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Lightning and Lawmen by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow did a simple hello turn into something so complicated? Love is about to leave one lawman thunderstruck in this sweet historical romance! Cultured and full of grace, Delilah Robbins agrees to accompany her meteorologist father to his new post in Baker City, Oregon...Categorized as:
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The Poacher’s Daughter: A Western Story by Michael Zimmer
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Poacher’s Daughter is an extraordinary story of betrayal and redemption, set within an uncompromising landscape of raw brutality and unimaginable beauty. In 1885 young Rose Edwards is widowed by Montana vigilantes who hang her husband for an alleged theft, then burn her Yellowstone Valley cabin to the ground as a warning for her and others of her kind to quit the territory...Categorized as:
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Next to Last Stand by Craig Johnson, George Guidall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTHE NEW NOVEL IN THE BELOVED 'NEW YORK TIMES' BEST-SELLING LONGMIRE SERIES.One of the most viewed paintings in American history, Custer's Last Fight, copied and distributed by Anheuser-Busch at a rate of over two million copies a year, was destroyed in a fire at the 7th Cavalry Headquarters in Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1946...Categorized as:
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Temptations of a Duke's Daughter by Samantha Holt
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSolving a murder is dangerous business. So is falling in love…Lady Chastity Fallon will not stand idly by while her sister is suspected of murder. Since no one wants to help, she’ll take matters into her own hands. The plan? Simple. She’ll disguise herself as a servant and investigate...Categorized as:
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Paradise Sky by Joe R. Lansdale, Brad Sanders
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA rollicking novel about Nat Love, an African-American cowboy with a famous nickname: Deadwood Dick.Audio run time: 14 hours, 8 minutesYoung Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening...Categorized as:
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Texas Twilight by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTEXAS TWILIGHT - Book Two in the McCutcheon Family Series Fresh out of medical school, John McCutcheon finds his stagecoach under attack by brutal outlaws. With the help of a feisty acquaintance, Lily Anthony, he manages to fend off the assault. Lily is attracted to the charming cowboy-doctor, with his chiseled good looks and teasing ways, then heartbroken to learn he's engaged to be married...Categorized as:
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Sackett by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA drifter by circumstance, William Tell Sackett hungered for a place he couldn’t name but knew he had to find. South of the Tetons, through a keyhole pass, he found it: a lonely yet beautiful valley—with a fortune in gold. Then he found an even greater treasure: Ange Kerry, a courageous and resourceful woman...Categorized as:
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A Worthy Pursuit by Karen Witemeyer
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter, Stone eagerly accepts. Charlotte Atherton, former headmistress of Sullivan’s Academy for Exceptional Youths, will do anything to keep her charges safe, especially the little girl entrusted to her care after her mother’s death...Categorized as:
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Blind Faith by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wounded horse. A half-dead man. She thinks she can save the horse. She doubts the man will survive...Painter Alena McClaine’s world turns upside down when an unconscious rider arrives on his injured horse at her isolated California cabin. Both the animal and the stranger sport bullet wounds. Much to her surprise, the man lives—and hasn’t a clue about his identity. Even worse, he’s now blind...Categorized as:
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A Precarious Excursion: An Austen-Inspired Romance by Wendi Sotis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUpon arriving in London from Kent, Miss Elizabeth Bennet assumes it was an error in her behaviour that made Mr. Darcy believe she would accept his proposal. Elizabeth decides she should act more like her sister Jane from this point forward...Categorized as:
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The Time for Love by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens explores what happens when a gentleman intent on acquiring a business meets the unconventional lady-owner, only to discover that she is not the biggest or the most lethal hurdle they and the business face...Categorized as:
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The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe best con man in the Midwest is only ten years old. Tom, a.k.a., the Great Brain, is a silver-tongued genius with a knack for turning a profit. When the Jenkins boys get lost in Skeleton Cave, the Great Brain saves the day...Categorized as:
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A Big Sky Christmas by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the masters of frontier fiction comes a holiday tale set in the very heart of America--a Western saga of courageous souls coming together, with a little help from the Jensen family. . .In the fall of 1873, a wagon train of immigrants sets off from Kansas City, Missouri, bound for the Montana Territory...Categorized as:
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A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMeg Pero has been assisting her photographer father since she was big enough to carry his equipment, so when he dies she is determined to take over his profession--starting with fulfilling the contract he signed to serve on an Army survey of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in 1871. What she doesn't realize is that the leader of the expedition is none other than the man she once refused to marry...Categorized as:
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Born of Gilded Mountains by Amanda Dykes
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen newcomer Mercy Windsor arrives in Mercy Peak in 1948 after a scandal shatters her gilded world as Hollywood's beloved leading lady, she is determined to forge a new life in obscurity in this time-forgotten Colorado haven. She purchases Wildwood--an abandoned estate with a haunting history--and begins to restore it to its former glory... -
Deadly Peril by Lucinda Brant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWinter 1763. Alec, Lord Halsey is sent on a diplomatic mission to Midanich, imperial outpost of the Holy Roman Empire, to bargain for the freedom of imprisoned friends. Midanich is a place of great danger and dark secrets; a country at civil war; ruled by a family with madness in its veins. For Alec it is a place of unspeakable memories from which he barely escaped and vowed never to return...Categorized as:
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Rebellious Heart (Hearts of Faith) by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBecause she's a woman, higher learning was always closed to Susanna Smith. But her quick mind and quicker tongue never back down from a challenge. And she's determined to marry well, so she'll be able to continue her work with the less fortunate. Growing up with little to his name, poor country lawyer Benjamin Ross dreams of impacting the world for the better... -
Once A Marshal by Peter Brandvold
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe best of life seemed to be in the past for ex-lawman Ben Stillman. Then the past came looking for him... Up on the Hi-Line, ranchers are being rustled out of their livelihoods...and their lives. The son of an old friend suspects that these rustlers have murdered his father, and the law is too crooked to get any straight answers... -
Jubal Sackett: The Sacketts by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Jubal Sackett, the second generation of Louis L’Amour’s great American family pursues a destiny in the wilderness of a sprawling new land. Jubal Sackett’s urge to explore drove him westward, and when a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands...Categorized as:
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The Inheritance by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn unexpected inheritance. An unknown future. An unending love. Determined to tame her younger brother's rebellious streak, McKenna Ashford accepts her cousin's invitation to move west, and to begin again. But she quickly discovers that life in Copper Creek, Colorado, is far from what she expected...Categorized as:
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The Daybreakers by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOrrin Sackett had to be pushed into a fight. But Tyrel Sackett was born to trouble. The night Tye stepped between his brother and a bullet changed them both forever. Now their trail pointed west, to a lawless frontier town called Sante Fe. Orrin took the job of marshal, while Tye commanded respect without a badge...Categorized as:
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Ride the Dark Trail by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Ride the Dark Trail, Louis L'Amour tells the story of Logan Sackett, a cynical drifter who changes his ways to help a widow keep her land.Logan Sackett is wild and rootless, riding west in search of easy living. Then he meets Emily Talon, a fiery old widow who is even wilder than he is. Tall and lean, Em is determined to defend herself against the jealous locals who are trying to take her home...Categorized as:
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The Sackett Brand by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsForty gunslingers from the Lazy A have got Tell Sackett cornered under the Mogollon Rim. They're fixing to hang him if they can capture him alive, fill him extra full of lead if they can't. But the Sacketts don't cotton to that kind of treatment. Hunt one Sackett and you hunt 'em all. So they're riding in from all over—mountain Sacketts, outlaws, cattlemen, bankers and the rest...Categorized as:
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark by Campbell Black
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIndiana Jones, archeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many an ancient treasure. But now the very future of the world depends on his finding one special relic...Categorized as:
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Trail of Lies: Faith in the Face of Crime (Texas Ranger Justice) by Margaret Daley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe danger deepens in the Texas Ranger Justice series As the mother of a beautiful daughter and the wife of a wealthy entrepreneur, Melora Hudson seemed happy. No one knew about the secrets hidden behind closed doors—secrets Melora was forced to keep. Now, two years after her husband’s disappearance, the truth may be exposed. His body has been found, and everyone has questions... -
Massacre Canyon by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st Century Two outlaw brothers have been leaving a blood-trail on their way to infamy on the western frontier. Until bounty hunter Luke Jensen catches one of the black-hearted Kroll brothers away from his gang. But while Luke is trying to get Mordecai Kroll from jail to justice, he's ambushed by the Kroll gang and taken prisoner...Categorized as:
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Violence of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDEAL WITH THE DEVILSmoke Jensen has seen the worst that men can do on the lawless frontier. But even the mountain man is not prepared for the outlaw band that strikes Smoke's ranch, kidnapping Sally and the daughter of Smoke's neighbor. Now, the women are gone and a ranch hand and his young daughter are dead. AND PAY THE PRICE IN BLOOD..Categorized as:
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Blood on the Verde River by Dusty Richards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Dusty Richards writes. . .with the flavor of the real West." --Elmer Kelton"Dusty Richards is the embodiment of the old west. He brings it to life so realistically, you can almost feel the bullets whizzing past your face." --Storyteller Magazine Never Fight A Man. . . 600 miles from a railroad head in Texas, Chet Byrnes and a handful of cowboys set out to build a new life on the Arizona frontier...Categorized as:
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Jed by Linda Devlin, Linda Winstead Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJed Rourke has been a soldier, miner, cowhand, gambler, and most recently a Pinkerton detective. Stopping in Rock Creek to see his sister, Jed finds a compelling reason to stay--prim and sensible Hannah Winters. Hannah has come to comfort her sister, whose husband has been charged with murder. Hannah doesn't believe the claim and sets out to solve the crime--with Jed's help...Categorized as:
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A Gentleman of Mystery by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Georgina Jenkins pulls a half-dead man out of the Thames, little does she realize that her life will never be the same.As the only woman at Bow Street, Georgie lives by two rules—to never be swayed by emotion, and to seek justice—but only when it’s warranted. For she despises the fact that the punishment fits the station in life, and not the crime, a reality she knows all too well...Categorized as:
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Colt (Alaska Cowboys and Mounties Book 1) (Western Historical Romance) by Kate Bridges
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBe swept away by these passionate ALASKA COWBOYS and MOUNTIES! This enthralling western historical romance series by USA TODAY bestselling author, Kate Bridges, celebrates sexy alpha heroes and remarkable women as they fall in love...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Claudette by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn optimistic widow longing for freedom. A roguish womanizer longing to settle down. Thrown together, they must solve a case that could split them apart forever. Determined to make her mark as a Pinkerton Agent, Claudette LeBas leaves everything she knows and sets out on a new adventure...Categorized as:
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An Agent for Regina by Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRegina Caulfield was unhappy with the choices facing her in her life and with her step-mother’s overbearing attitude. She dreamed of adventures and finding a job in law enforcement unheard of for a lady in 1871. Luke Tucker was a seasoned Pinkerton agent and a ladies’ man. He loved his job as an agent and the freedom of working cases alone...Categorized as:
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Why the Earl is After the Girl by Tabetha Waite
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA missing heirloom. A stolen inheritance. Can love conquer mistrust? Athena Hawthorne never imagined that she would lose everything she'd ever had. But after the death of her father, his prosperous jewelry store is sold off to pay his supposed debts...Categorized as:
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People of the Morning Star by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward-winning archaeologists and New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear begin the stunning saga of the North American equivalent of ancient Rome in People of the Morning Star. The city of Cahokia, at its height, covered more than six square miles around what is now St. Louis and included structures more than ten stories high...Categorized as:
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Of Peaks and Prairies by Vivi Holt
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe's married to a man she doesn't love, and didn't agree to marry. The scoundrel dragged her to the altar, and now everything is going to change. In a split second decision, she runs away, and stows aboard a chuck wagon that's leaving on a cattle drive, heading north to Montana Territory...Categorized as:
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Blackfoot Messiah by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the seventh book in his bestselling Preacher series, William W. Johnstone gives his millions of avid fans exactly the kind of gritty, action-packed Western novel they look for from this prolific and hugely popular writer. "A Messiah Shall Lead Them..."...Categorized as:
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Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man: Deadly Trail by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWilliam W. Johnstone's breathtaking Mountain Man series set the standard for Western adventure. Now, a new saga begins, as Matt Jensen, the adopted son of Smoke Jensen, blazes a name for himself on the lawless frontier. . . The Way Of The Gun He'd done the old man proud... -
Poisoned Legacy by Jenny Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnsolved deaths. Untold treasure. Can she uncover the secret of her inheritance before dark forces claim another victim? Graysie Castellanos is ready to take her final bow. When the traveling singer inherits a rundown mine, she thinks it’s her golden opportunity to provide her adopted daughter with a happy childhood and a prosperous future... -
Gunpowder Tea by Margaret Brownley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a case that could change her career, Miranda uncovers a love that will change her life. When Miranda Hunt sees the classified ad for an heiress to the legendary Last Chance Ranch, she knows assuming the identity of Annie Beckman is the perfect cover...Categorized as:
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A Lone Star Christmas by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSmoke Jensen, Matt Jensen, Falcon And Duff Maccallister—Together For The First Time They just wanted to get home for Christmas. . .but fate had other plans. It's December 1890. A Texas rancher named Big Jim Conyers has a deal with Scottish-born, Wyoming cattleman named Duff MacAllister...Categorized as:
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The Renegade Wife by Caroline Warfield
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBetrayal by his cousin and the woman he loved may have made Rand Wheatly crave solitude, but his heart isn’t as hard as he likes to pretend. When he discovers that the squatters in his house include sick and injured children, he lets them stay.Meggy Campeau is harboring a secret, but she’ll do whatever it takes to keep her children safe...Categorized as:
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Texas Blue by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGambling man Lewton Paterson wants to marry into a respectable family. After fleecing a train ticket, Lewt makes his way to Whispering Mountain. But seducing a well-bred woman is hard, and Lewt realizes that to entice a McMurray sister, he'll need to learn a thing or two about ranching-and love...Categorized as:
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Tregaron's Daughter by Madeleine Brent
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExcitement, drama and suspense were only part of Cadi Tregaron's new life. It had been a sunny afternoon when she glanced from the cliff where she sat reading and saw below her in the sea a sight that would change her life...Categorized as:
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To Tame a Land by Louis L'Amour, Луис Л'Амур
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses...Categorized as:
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Safe in His Arms by Colleen Coble
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes it takes a stranger to see you as you really are. Born and raised on sprawling Texas land, Margaret O’Brien prides herself on her competence as a rancher. But her father believes she’s made for more than just dawn-to-dusk work. He wants her to have the love of a good man, to raise children, to build a life. But Margaret gave up such dreams years ago...Categorized as:
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The Sixth Shotgun by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom his classic short story collection, Outlaws of Mesquite, Louis L'Amour spins another exciting tale of gunslingers and cowboys. The fortunes of two men undergo dramatic, unforgettable reversal in this full-cast performance...Categorized as:
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Lonely Men by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn The Lonely Men, Louis L’Amour spins the tale of a man who must elude an Apache trap—only to discover that his greatest enemy might be very close to home.Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect...Categorized as:
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